Memorandum attachment for telephones.



N0. 798,853. PATBNTED SEPT. 5, 1905. F. R. WELSH.

MEMORANDUM ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1905.

FRANK R. \VELSH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEMORANDUM ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed June 8, 1905. Serial No. 264,207.

10 rt/t ur/mm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK 1t. Ynnsn, acitizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Memorandum A ttaehments for Telephones, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has relation to a memorandum attachment for telephones; andin such connection it relates particularly to means for removablysecuring the memorandum or scratch pad to the attachment and to meansfor securing the latter to the standard of a desk-telephone.

The nature and scope of my present invention will be more fullyunderstood from the following description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevational view of a desktelephone and its receiver and illustrating inend elevation a memorandum attachment secured to and held by thestandard of a transmitter in an inclined position with respect theretoembodying main features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalview of the telephone-standard and illustrating in top or plan view thepad held in position on the attachment and the manner of securing thelatter to the standard thereof. Fig. 3 is a side clevational view of theattachment and pad and the lower portion of the telephonestandard shownin Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is an enlarged view of the under side of theattachment removed from the telephone-standard, and Fig. 5 is anenlarged sectional view taken on the line .r I' of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, with special re ference to Figs. 3 and A, 11represents the attachment, consisting of an oblong and rectangular framea, strengthened by bars 1/ and preferably slightly curved with respectto its longitudinal axis. A t the upper end the frame a. is providedwith downwardlyprojecting wings 1/ and a, substantially triangular inoutline, one of which, a", is provided with a lateral extension It,having a curved depression 1/. Preferably adjacent to the lower edge ofthe wings a and a and passing through the extension is slidably arrangeda bailshaped holder Z), the semicircular bent end 7/ of which isarranged opposite the projection 0" of the wings 0 The threaded portions11 of the arms 7f and b" of the holder are provided beyond the wing a lwith tighteningnuts 71", which by engaging the wing a serve to force thebent end 6 of the holder 7/ toward the projection of the wing (1. Inorder to connect the frame a to the standard A of the transmitter of thetelephone A, the bail-shapcd holder 7) is first withdrawn from the wingsa and It and the extension u and is placed around the standard A. Thearms 6" and I) of the holder 7) are then reinserted in the wings and theframe a is shifted toward the standard A until the depression a of theextension (1 is brought into engagement with the standard. Thetightening-nuts l)" by being placed on the threaded ends I) of the arms6* and 7) and bearing against the wing it serve to move the bent end 7;of the holder and the projection (i of the frame a toward each other andto bring the depression a of the extension 11" into engagement with thestandard A. The bent end 7/ and projection a, engaging the standard Afrom opposite sides, as shown in Fig. 2, serve to cooperate in thesupport of the frame a by the standard and. are locked to the same bythe nuts 6'. Owing to the substantially triangular-shaped outline of thewings I) and 7)" and the location of the arms 7' and l) of the holder (1therein, the frame 1/ is held by the same in an inclined position withrespect to the standard A, as shown in Fig. 3, and project therefromsidcwise as well as in front of the standard A, so as to permit of thefree use of a menmrandum-pad c, placed on the frame a, as shown in Fig.2. The slightlycurved outline of the frame a will assist in renderingthe use of the mclnoranduni-pad c more comfortable to an operator. Thepad (1 may be held in any required position on the standard A. However,the most suitable position of the frame 1/ is slightly above the base Aof the same, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. One mode of removably securingthe memorandum-pad c to the frame a is as follows:

As shown in Fig. 5, preferably engaging the wings a" and a and slightlybelow the frame a is arranged a wire or holder [1, the ends (1 of whichare bentupnardly and then parallel to the frame a, so as to formU-shaped grippingarms for the memorandumpad c, which is slid with itspasteboard support a between the arms (l and frame 11, as shown in Fig.3. The gripping-arms (7 by engaging the pasteboard support 0 fromopposite sides and near the upper end of the same hold the pad 0securely on the frame a and prevent displacement of the same. Insteadofusing a wire or rod 1 with bent ends (1 each of the ends (Z may beindependently secured to'the frame a, or the rod (Z may be directlypassed through the frame instead of through the wings a and (4*.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, whatIclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a telephone, of a memorandum attachment,consisting of a frame or support having downward-projecting wings,abail-shaped holder sliding with its arms in said wings and adapted tosurround with its bent end a standard to support the frame, a padhavinga support and a holder having arms adapted to engage the pad-support tohold the same in position on said frame.

2. The combination with a telephone, of a memorandum attachment,consisting of a frame or support having downwardly-projecting wings ofsubstantially triangular outline, a bail-shaped holder slidable with itsarms in said wings and the bent end of said holder adapted to engage astandard to support said frame in an oblique position with respectthereto, a pad having a support and a holder carried by said framehaving arms adapted to engage the pad-support, and to hold the same inposition on said frame.

3. The combination with a telephone, of a memorandum attachment,consisting of a rigid and slightly-curved frame or support, wings ofsubstantially triangular outline arranged at one end of said frame anddownwardly projecting therefrom, an extension having a depression, saidextension laterally projecting from one of said wings, a bail-shapedholder, the arms of which are slidably arranged in said wings adjacentto the lower edge thereof and passing through said extension, thesemicircular end of said holder and the depression of said extensionforming combined an opening of substantially annular outline andpermitting said end and extension to partially surround and to engagethe standard of said telephone, and said holder, wings and extensionadapted to hold said frame in a substantially oblique position withrespect thereto, means adapted to lock said holder and extension to saidstandard by engaging the free ends of said holder and one of the wingsof said frame, apad and a rod arranged in said wings having bent endsforminggrippingarms adapted to slidably engage said pad and to hold thesame in a removable position on said frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

FRANK R. WELSH.

Witnesses: J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THoMAs M. SMITH.

